The syntax of nonfinite complementation : an economy approach
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The syntax of nonfinite complementation : an economy approach
（Linguistic inquiry monographs / Samuel Jay Keyser, general editor, 32）
MIT Press, c1997
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Principles of economy in nonfinite complementation
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Abstract of the author's thesis (doctoral--University of Connecticut, 1995) under the title: Principles of economy in nonfinite complementation
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-235) and index
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Economy considerations have always played an important role in the generative theory of grammar. Indeed, the very development of the theory has been characterized by natural considerations of simplicity and economy. In the Minimalist Program, the operations of the computational system that produce linguistic expressions must satisfy general considerations of simplicity referred to as Economy Principles. The author completes two major research projects within the Minimalist Program: the elimination of c-selection and government. He then investigates in detail the nature of the Economy Principles in syntax. The discussion, which focuses on infinitival and participial complements, shows that a number of facts that previously have either not been accounted for or have received unsatisfactory treatment can be explained in a principled way once Economy Principles and, more generally, the Minimalist Program are adopted.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Introduction: economy and the minimalist programme
- outline. Part 2 Selection and the categorical status of infinitival complements: introduction
- infinitival complementation and c-selection
- economy and the categorical status of clauses
- other recent accounts of infinitival complementation
- conclusion. Part 3 "Wager"-class verbs and French propositional infinitivals: introduction
- infinitival complementation and "wager"-class verbs - the agentive hypothesis
- "wh"-extraction out of "wager"-class infinitivals
- infinitival complementation in French. Part 4 Existential constructions, a-movement and infinitival complementation: introduction
- existential constructions and the expletive replacement hypothesis
- infinitival complementation and existential constructions
- more on greed - ECM constructions
- constraints affecting a-movement and a-positions
- conclusion. Part 5 Participle movement: introduction
- participle movement in Serbo-Croatian
- participle movement in standard Dutch
- participle movement in Polish
- conclusion.
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Description
Economy considerations have always played an important role in the generative theory of grammar. Indeed, the very development of the theory has been characterized by natural considerations of simplicity and economy. In the Minimalist Program, the operations of the computational system that produce linguistic expressions must satisfy general considerations of simplicity referred to as Economy Principles.
In The Syntax of Nonfinite Complementation: An Economy Approach, the author completes two major research projects that solidify the foundation of the Minimalist Program: the elimination of c-selection and government. He then investigates in detail the nature of the Economy Principles in syntax. The discussion, which focuses on infinitival and participial complements, shows that a number of facts that previously have either not been accounted for or have received unsatisfactory treatment can be explained in a principled way once Economy Principles and, more generally, the Minimalist Program are adopted.
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